Orthographic Projection of Inclined and Curved Surfaces

Prepared by: Sheryl Sorby, Ph.D. Amy Hamlin, Ph.D. Norma Veurink

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Orthographic Projection Normal Surfaces Hidden Lines Isometric Sketching from Orthographic Projections

Orthographic Projection (pp.16-18)

Imagine an object is surrounded by a glass cube. The object's surfaces are projected onto the faces.

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Unfold the cube so that it lies in a single plane Three views of the object are now visible on the same plane in space
Fold lines

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Front view: Height and Width Top view: Width and Depth Right view: Depth and Height

When the glass cube is unfolded:

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Align views with each other (features project from one view to the next)

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Normal Surfaces

B A

Parallel to one of the six glass panes of our transparent cube Perpendicular (normal) to the projectors to/from that plane Shown true size and shape in the view that they are parallel to B Edge 3 Seen as edges (lines) Edge 2 in the other principal views Edge 1 Surface A appears as A edge 1 and 4 in top & right views Edge 4 Surface B appears as edges 2 and 3

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Hidden Lines

Some object have edges which cannot be seen from certain viewing angles Showing these edges provides valuable graphical information Visible edges are continuous (solid) lines (object lines) Hidden edges are dashed lines (hidden lines) to avoid confusing them with visible edges

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Hidden Lines

Visible Line (Solid lines, can be seen in a given view, aka: Object Lines)

Hidden Line (Dashed lines; can't be seen in that view)

Demonstration
Make an orthographic sketch, by sketching top, front and right side views of the object shown below.

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Isometric Sketches from Orthographic Views

Sometimes you are asked to construct Isometric sketches from Orthographic views to develop visualization skills. The box method is one way to do this.

For some problems, the box method may not be very helpful.

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Isometric Sketches from Orthographic Views

1.

Find the object's overall dimensions from the orthographic views and sketch that size box on isometric dot paper.

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Isometric Sketches from Orthographic Views

2.

Sketch the top, front, and right side views in their appropriate locations on the box.

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Isometric Sketches from Orthographic Views

3.

Add/remove lines until the view is complete.

Demonstration
Make an isometric sketch from the orthographic views

In-class Exercise
Draw the isometric sketch from the orthographic views shown below. For the second object, draw the isometric sketch of the coded plan, and then draw the orthographic views from the isometric sketch.

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Computer Module Orthographic Projections

Complete the software module on Orthographic Projections

Homework Assignment

From the workbook:

Pages: 19-20, 23-26, 29-30, 33-36, 41-42